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Riki Rachtman

Riki Rachtman

David Andrew "Riki" Rachtman is an American television and radio personality. He is best known for his association with the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s hard rock and heavy metal scene, hosting MTV's Headbangers Ball from 1990 to the show's cancellation in 1995, and he was the owner of the Hollywood-based nightclub The Cathouse.

Filmography
Cool As Hell 2 poster
Cool As Hell 2
2017 • Riki
VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments poster
VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments
2009 • Self
Mystery Men poster
Mystery Men
1999 • Frat Boy
Plump Fiction poster
Plump Fiction
1997 • Clerk #2
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! poster
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shake, Rattle and Rock! poster
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1994 • Eddie Cochran
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years poster
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
1988 • Self
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Untitled KROQ Documentary
No Image
When Metal Ruled The World
— • Himself